Observation pack · Meath County Council

The Glebe , Ratoath , Co. Meath

the construction of 10 no. residential dwelling units in the form of 6 no. semi-detached 3-bed houses and 4 no. detached 4-bed houses, including all boundary treatments to the dwellings to provide private open space and car parking;,Total public open space approx. 660sqm; The development will be served via a new a new vehicular and pedestrian entrance off Glebe Park to include a new boundary wall with railings and piers; All associated site development works including; services provision, infrastructural and drainage works, internal access roads, pedestrian infrastructure, public lighting, landscaping, visitor parking and all boundary treatment works

Observations close 24 Sept 2026 12 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 20 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 14 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2661057 · full record
Authority: Meath County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: PRE_VALIDATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 1
Floor area: 1,216 m²
Site area: 4,585 m²
Received: 20 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 11 Sept 2026, 18:51
Decision due: 14 Oct 2026
Decision: N/a

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/MeathCC/AppFileRefDetails/2661057/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2661057 at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on.
Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Meath County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 24 Sept 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Meath County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.

Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.

After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.

What the site is zoned

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

NIAH-recorded building × 1
Glebelands House
Radon risk area × 1
About 1 in 20 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels
Recorded monument × 1
R171642

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660594	Conditional	9 Jul 2026	0	109 m	the development will consist of: a) CONVERSION OF EXISTING GARAGE; b) CONSTRUCTION OF A SINGLE-STOREY EXTENSION TO THE FRONT AND SIDE OF THE EXISTING DWELLING; c) WIDENING OF EXISTING WINDOW TO SIDE OF EXISTING EAST ELEVATION; d) 3NO. NEW ROOFLIGHTS TO REAR ROOF ELEVATION; e) ALTERATIONS TO FRONT ELEVATION BY CONVERTING FRONT DOOR TO A WINDOW; f) AND ASSOCIATED SITE WORKS
2561390	Conditional	27 Mar 2026	0	457 m	The development will consist of: (i) the removal of 1no. pitched roof dormer to front of existing detached dwelling; (ii) construction of a storey and a half entrance extension to front; (iii) construction of part single, part two storey extension to rear; (iv) construction of new rendered front boundary & entrance walls, and entrance pillars, providing widened vehicular entrance off Dunshaughlin Road(R125); (v) other works as part of the development include: alterations to all elevations, internal alterations, rooflights, and all ancillary site works necessary to facilitate the development.
2560978	Conditional	28 Jan 2026	0	354 m	the development will consist of the conversion of the existing first floor hair salon to the rear of the property to a studio apartment and the subdivision of the existing vacant ground-floor commercial unit to the front of the property to two smaller commercial units, with the installation of sanitary facilities in the two new commercial units and all associated site works
25212	Conditional	19 Dec 2025	0	121 m	the development will consist of a proposed seperate domestic garage, also a covered patio/barbeque area all at the rear of existing house and all ancillaries
24469	Conditional	6 Oct 2025	2	36 m	two semi-detached, two storey, dwelling houses to the rear of the existing dwelling, accessed via the existing vehicular entrance which is to be modified, new and shared access road along with all associated services, service connections, landscape and site development works. Significant Further Information/Revised Plans submitted on this application
2543	Conditional	14 Aug 2025	1	170 m	(A) single storey extension to front and side, (B) attic conversion incorporating dormer extension to rear, (C) 1 no. 'velux' roof light to front, (D) all associated site works
2532	Conditional	14 Apr 2025	1	497 m	the construction of first floor extension to front of dwelling and proposed rooflight onto existing roof, including all ancillary site works
24373	Conditional	1 Nov 2024	0	265 m	the construction of new entrance gateway onto the Curragh Road, the elimination of the existing entrance from the Tiveragh driveway, and all associated siteworks

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

20 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 24 Sept 2026
20 Aug 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 11 Sept 2026, 18:51. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Meath County Council before relying on it.